Inherit For Three Thousand Years

After seeing the material and strings of the guqin, Xiao Yao immediately checked the engraved models on the back, bottom and case of the piano.

The styles are: the belly style "Xuanhe second year imperial system", "Kangxi Gengwu Wang Hanzhang rebuilt". The engraved version of the piano box is "Song-made running water flying red, Qing Dynasty Qianlong Xinyou Nianzhuang", "Yongbao used it". Engraved on the back of the piano "Qianlong Renxu Imperial Appreciation and title".

Undoubtedly, this piano was made by the Emperor Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty and the imperial inscription of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty "Flowing Water Feihong". Xuanhe style. Both the neck and waist are concave into the half moon shape, and the intersection is duplicated to protrude half moon shape. The body is large and thick. , Antlers gray tire, chestnut shell color paint, ice cracks between the snake belly lines, and fine flowing buffalo hair at the bottom.

The famous Guqin, since ancient times, has been inherited, handed over by famous masters, properly repaired, and the sound of the piano is not damaged.

This Qing Qianlong imperial inscription "Liu Shui Fei Hong" piano and piano box made by Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty in the Northern Song Dynasty has been collected by Neifu for several generations. It is as intact as before. The imperial official qin, boxed in the Xinyou year of Qianlong, and the imperial reward in the reign of Emperor Qianlong, are undoubtedly the only examples of the official qin of the Northern Song Dynasty that exist in the world.

It is not difficult to judge this point, and a few key details are sufficient to prove it.

Xiao Yao first looked at the strings. The strings of Nirvana are like ice strings, which are similar to the "Silk Taiqing Strings" of Kangxi from the Imperial Palace. They should be made by the Hangzhou Weaving Institute at that time.

The Existing Domestic First Historical Archives "Housekeeping Office for Miscellaneous Activities" records that there was a purpose to change strings and feet on October 19, the fourth year of Yongzheng, with five-color velvet on the top; June 4th, 5th year On the first day of April in the sixth year, the decree was to replace the jade zhen's feet and add ears.

Today's "flowing water and flying red" sapphire foot, should also be matched at that time.

Although the Qin Sui has been bleached for hundreds of years, the knotting technique is the same as the method of retaining the rope in the palace, and it should be replaced at the same time.

Continuing to look down, the rectangular dragon pond and Fengmao, the Qin belly pond is engraved with "Xuanhe Second Year Imperial System" on the right, and "Kangxi Gengwu Wang Hanzhang rebuilt" on the left. The first is inscribed with a vermilion pen and the book is later.

The name "Liu Shui Fei Hong" is inscribed with turquoise under the Long Pond. Chishang engraved three lines in the running script: "The ancient Jinsang Taolongmenqin, Zhu Xian rests the thunderbolt sound for a long time. Anteboya empathizes with his hand, and writes the heart of the landscape for Yu Yi".

Another line of small characters, saying: "Qianlong Renxu imperial reward and inscription". All filled with clay gold. The whereabouts of the vermilion white round seal "see the heart of the sky" side, gold emblem.

These details are sufficient to support Xiao Yao's judgment.

This piano has been preserved so far. The body of the piano is completely the original appearance of the Song Dynasty. The case and accessories on the piano are all old objects from the Qing Dynasty. The two emperors’ graces have been hidden for a long time. Today, the complete set of old appearances has been passed down to this day. It is naturally the king and treasure of the piano. The most important.

Xiao Yao especially valued this guqin. The above is not the key point, but the key point is the material used in this guqin.

Many people think that the material of this guqin is sycamore wood, but in fact it is not. The material of this guqin is called "clear tone wood", and its appearance is very similar to that of sycamore wood.

But the value of unvoiced wood is much higher than that of sycamore wood.

The unvoiced wood is a first-class spiritual wood. Although it is only the lowest-grade spiritual wood and its value is not high, it has a characteristic, that is, if the guqin is made of this wood, the sound is like a natural sound, which is very beautiful.

In ancient times, many famous Guqin masters dreamed of this ordinary first-class spirit wood. Unfortunately, the unvoiced wood is very rare. Although the grade is not high, it is extremely difficult to make a guqin with this.

This historically named Liushui Feihong Qin was made by Qingyinmu, which is of course an unexpected joy for Xiao Yao.

Panwu's musical attainments are extremely high, especially for various ancient national instruments, and it is even more of a master level. Xiao Yao inherited his talent in Panwu music and was overjoyed when he saw this guqin made of unvoiced wood.

In terms of value, the auction price of this Liushuifeihongqin from the Northern Song Dynasty should be between 300 million and 350 million yuan, and there is a premise that the appraiser must understand the tone of this guqin. This price will be available after the audition.

If the appraiser doesn't know the timbre of this guqin is special, then he will definitely not dare to play this guqin worth more than 100 million yuan. If he is afraid to try it, the most important feature of this guqin will be buried.

Without this selling point, the auction price of this guqin would be around 150 million yuan at most.

After the appreciation, Xiao Yao couldn't wait to try it out.

Since the great changes in the environment in the Holy Soul Realm, the beautiful scenery and wonderland are endless. Under the towering mountains and next to the gurgling stream, Xiao Yao took out the flowing water and flying the red piano, and played a classical masterpiece " Mountain and Flowing Water.

The song "High Mountain and Flowing Water" is well-known to every family, and its origin is even more fascinating.

Yu Boya, whose name is Rui, Boya is his character. A native of Chu during the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period, Yu Boya was proficient in piano art and very good at playing the piano. Although he was a native of Chu, he served as a senior doctor in the Kingdom of Jin.

Yu Boya met Zhong Ziqi for the first time in the Hanyang River Estuary. Zhong Ziqi said that he was also proficient in music scores and can play the piano, but Yu Boya looked at his clothes and dressed, not like a noble and elegant person, he was skeptical.

So he asked a lot of professional instrumental questions to test him. Zhong Ziqi not only answered fluently, but also like a few treasures. The difference between his musical literacy and his clothes is huge, but this has not completely eliminated the distrust in Yu Boya's heart.

In order to better test Zhong Ziqi's understanding of the music, Yu Boya played a piece on the spot. As soon as the sound of the piano fell, Zhong Ziqi exclaimed: "It is beautiful, the meaning of adults is in the mountains."

Uncle Ya continued to play a piece of music without failing, and the Ziqi Wangqing was intoxicated and praised: "It's so beautiful, and I am committed to running water."

Uncle Ya was shocked, pushed the violin to rise, and repeatedly confessed: "There is a treasure of beautiful jade in the stone. If you judge a person by appearance, would you not be worthy of the world's magi? Disrespect! Disrespect!"

Following this, Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi became brothers of different surnames, and they met again the following year. Although the two met by the water, they met at first sight, and they became "friends" from their "confidantes".

This piano, this song, this story has always been known for generations, and it has been extolled by the people of later generations, and it has given people a deep inspiration.

This piece is an ancient piece that Xiao Yao personally likes very much, and he has played it many times. But at this moment, under the mountains and by the stream, playing this flying red piano with flowing water, his mentality fits the artistic conception of this song very well, the piano sounds exuberant, and the soup is tangy, wandering leisurely, straight into the clouds. .

After one song, Xiao Yao felt very enjoyable.

When playing this piece in the past, his performance may not be worse than this time, but the effect after playing it is very different. This is the difference of a good piano.

For a musician, the musical instrument is the weapon in their hands, and this flowing water flying red piano is like a peerless sword like a peerless swordsman.

Xiao Yao played several classic guqin pieces in succession, which ended the audition with great talent.

Xiao Yao is very satisfied with the guqin made of Qingyinmu, as expected.

Although Xiao Yao is very satisfied, this guqin is not without any shortcomings. This guqin not only has shortcomings, but also obvious shortcomings.

For the guqin, the wood used to make the guqin is the most important, but besides the wood, the strings are also very important.

Although the strings of this flowing water flying red piano were carefully crafted by famous artists, due to the difference in materials, they couldn't bring out all the characteristics of unvoiced wood at all.

To make this guqin perfect, Xiao Yao has to build the strings himself.

It happened that Xiao Yao was also proficient in refining tools in addition to alchemy. The grade of unvoiced wood is not high, and he is fully capable of refining a few strings worthy of unvoiced wood.

Do it when you think of it.

Since the great change in the Holy Soul Realm, the types and number of first-level spiritual plants in the Holy Soul Realm have increased dramatically. It is not difficult to find a few good materials for refining strings.

In less than a quarter of an hour, he had prepared the few materials that Xiao Yao needed to make strings.

All of these materials are of the first-level spirit material level. It's not that Xiao Yao can't come up with better spirit materials, but it's not necessary.

The strings are just an aid to the flowing water and flying red piano, and the core element is still the unvoiced wood.

In less than an hour, a few strings that looked like ice silk were refined.

The grades of these ice silks are not high, and after they are refined, they are only first-class materials.

But this is exactly what Xiao Yao needs.

Unvoiced wood is just a first-class spiritual material. As an auxiliary string, if the grade is too high, it will play a role in suppressing it, making it into a first-class string, and the effect is just right.

When I got up on the second day, breakfast was half an hour later than before.

This is the habit of the Fang family. Every day of rest, breakfast will be prepared more abundantly, so the meal will be served later.

After breakfast, Fang Suxi was very good in nature and improvised a few piano pieces for everyone.

Both Father Fang and Mother Fang are loyal fans of their daughters, and each time a song ends, they will give the warmest applause.

After playing 4 piano pieces in a row, Fang Suxi stopped.

"Susu has made great progress. It seems that I should have worked hard in school during this time." The daughter's performance has clearly improved, which makes Fang's mother very pleased.

"There is a little progress, but it is far from it. My goal is to catch up with Xiao Yao's performance level. It is not easy to achieve this goal. This little progress is not worth mentioning."

During this period of time, Fang Suxi did not relax at all in his major, and practiced hard every day, which made such obvious progress.

But such progress obviously cannot satisfy her. With Xiao Yao Zhuyu in front, she feels that she is still far behind.

"Why, Xiao Yao can also play the piano, and also very well?" Fang's mother was surprised.

"It's not very good, but very good. If I can catch up with him in piano performance in this life, then I will be satisfied." Fang Suxi nodded repeatedly.

"Xiao Yao is really versatile. This child Susu is usually very humble, but he never admits defeat in piano performance. I didn't expect to praise someone so much today. It seems that Xiao Yao's piano performance level must be very high, I don’t know. Do we have the honour to listen to you play a song in person?" There is nothing to worry about, and Father Fang directly asked for it.

After all, it was the request made by the old husband, and Xiao Yao felt a little itchy after listening to his girlfriend's performance, and readily agreed: "Then I will play two pieces of music, and invite my uncle and aunt to taste it."

Xiao Yao didn’t play those difficult dazzling repertoires. He first played a piece of "Wedding in Dreams", then another piece of "City in the Sky", and later played at Fang Suxi's request. A dazzling "Bee Flying", this is the end of the performance.

It was long after the piano sound ended, that Fang's father and Fang's mother came back to their senses and gave warm applause. Although it was two people applauding, because the two of them were too excited, their hands were very strong, and the applause turned out to be quite enthusiastic.

"Xiao Yao, I really didn't expect your piano performance to be so high. I think your standard is not worse than those of the top pianists in the world." Father Fang couldn't help but exclaimed.

"The level is indeed high! I only listened to Christian's live performance some time ago. I think his performance level seems to be inferior to Xiao Yao." Fang's mother was very shocked. He did not expect Xiao Yao's piano performance level to be high. To this point.

"You're thankful." Xiao Yao was rare and humble.

Fang Suxi and You Rongyan said: "Xiao Yao is proficient in a variety of instruments, not only good at piano but also violin and cello. He is especially good at playing national instruments. If we have time, we can let him show his hand and listen to it. How about his accomplishments on other instruments."

Xiao Yao's versatility has exceeded Fang's father's imagination. He continued to ask: "Xiao Yao is also proficient in national musical instruments. He is really versatile. I like listening to Guqin music the most. I wonder if you are proficient?"

"My personal favorite instrument is the lyre, and I have the highest attainments in playing lyre. If Uncle Fang is interested, I can play a piece for you."

Xiao Yao just got the Liushuifeihongqin and equipped with new strings. It was when his interest in playing was the most intense, there was no delay.

Father Fang patted his thigh and said excitedly: "This is really great! There are not many famous players in China who play lyre. In addition, I am busy at work and have not heard high-level lyre performance for a long time. Now, I will prepare a lyre at home another day. I can’t wait to have a good time."

"Aren't you busy with work today?"

"Today is a day off, so I won't go to the unit in the morning, but I have to attend the foreign affairs reception in the afternoon, so I only have half a day off." For Lingdao like Fang's father, working overtime on a day off is the norm.

"If this is the case, then there is no need to change the day. There is a lyre in my car, and I can play a piece for you now." Xiao Yao said cheerfully.

"Really? It seems that you are really an Aegean, and you even carry a guqin with you. I can't wait to hear you play now." Father Fang looked surprised.

"The weather is so good today, why don't we go to the yard and listen to your performance? I can't wait." Fang Suxi has never heard Xiao Yao play the guqin, and is also very interested in it.